Thoughts on PC Build (Help Wanted/Appreciated!)

SethySeth

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Mar 6, 2013
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Hello everyone, I am going to be building my first ever custom PC soon and I wanted some advice. First off, I am building this computer for gaming and I want to keep it around 1000 dollars. I'll be playing games ranging from BF3 to LoL. So far here is the setup I have:


Graphics Card GeForce GTX 660 $250

CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOXIntel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz $100

Motherboard MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $105

Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60

RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL $55

Keyboard RAZER BlackWidow Tournament Edition $80

Monitor Hanns-G HL229DPB Black 21.5" 5ms Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor $100

Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $60

Optical Drive ASUS 24X DVD Burner $25

Power Supply CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $100

Surge Protector BELKIN BE112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 3780 $20

Windows 7 $100

Router Rosewill RNX-N180UBE Wireless Adapter $20

SSD ADATA Premier Pro SP900 ASP900S3-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $60

Total Cost: $1135


I wanted to know if anyone has any tips or advice on parts I should by instead, or anything. I am trying to cut price if possible, but I do not want to cut performance. Lastly, I am not sure if the mobo I have chosen supports the GPU. Please help anyway you can!
 

chulex67

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Aug 16, 2011
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First off, NO. Phenom X4 its Socket Am3, your motherboard its Socket FM2 It Wont Work.

Let me erase everything on your List and lets work with my suggestion to get the best performance you can.



Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146075

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130825

CD DRIVE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135224

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

MOTHERBOARD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128580

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Total: 828. you have about 300 usd left, to spend in whatever you want. You Can use it to get the windows 7 , the monitor, and the Wireless Router, and sourge protector, Keyboard and SSD will come later.